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Economics of tort law / edited by Alan O. Sykes.
- Title
- Economics of tort law / edited by Alan O. Sykes.
- Publication
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Sykes, A. O.
- Description
- 2 v. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This two-volume collection, prepared by a leading scholar in this field, brings together the seminal articles on the law and economics of tort law. The selection of papers addresses topics such as the Coase theorem, the choice between property and liability rules, the difference between negligence and strict liability, the economics of causation, damages and vicarious liability and the economics of affirmative duties. This is a classic collection that provides an essential foundation in the core issues fundamental to an understanding of tort law."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Economic approaches to law ; 11
- An Elgar reference collection
- Uniform Title
- Economic approaches to law ; 11.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The problem of social cost / R.H. Coase (1960) -- Property rules, liability rules, and inalienability: one view of the cathedral / Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed (1972) -- Property rules versus liability rules: an economic analysis / Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1996) -- Liability for harm versus regulation of safety / Steven Shavell (1984) -- A theory of negligence / Richard A. Posner (1972) -- A theory of strict liability / Richard A. Epstein (1973) -- Toward an economic theory of liability / John Prather Brown (1973) -- Strict liability versus negligence / Steven Shavell (1980) -- Strict liability vs. negligence in a market setting / A. Mitchell Polinsky (1980) -- A new positive economic theory of negligence / Mark F. Grady (1983) -- Some effects of uncertainty on compliance with legal standards / John E. Calfee and Richard Craswell (1984) -- Concerning cause and the law of torts: an essay for Harry Kalven, Jr. / Guido Calabresi (1975).
- An analysis of causation and the scope of liability in the law of torts / Steven Shavell (1980) -- Causation in tort law: an economic approach / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1983) -- Causation and incentives to take care under the negligence rule / Marcel Kahan (1989) -- The welfare implications of costly litigation for the level of liability / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (1988) -- Decoupling liability: optimal incentives for care and litigation / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Yeon-Koo Che (1991) -- The value of life in legal contexts: survey and critique / W. Kip Viscusi (2000) -- Punitive damages: an economic analysis / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell (1998) -- Assessing punitive damages (with notes on cognition and valuation in law) / Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman and David Schkade (1998) -- Deterrence and damages: the multiplier principle and its alternatives / Richard Craswell (1999).
- Should tort damages be multiplied? / Keith N. Hylton and Thomas J. Miceli (2005) -- An economic analysis of the choice between enterprise and personal liability for accidents / Lewis A. Kornhauser (1982) -- The economics of vicarious liability / Alan O. Sykes (1984) -- The Boundaries of vicarious liability: an economic analysis of the scope of employment rule and related legal doctrines / Alan O. Sykes (1988) -- Salvors, finders, good samaritans and other rescuers: an economic study of law and altruism / Saul Levmore (1986) -- Waiting for rescue: an essay on the evolution and incentive structure of the law of affirmative obligations / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1978) -- Joint and multiple tortfeasors: an economic analysis / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1980) -- On liability and insurance / Steven Shavell (1982) -- Liability and liability insurance for medical malpractice / Patricia M. Danzon (1985) -- Economic loss in tort / W. Bishop (1982).
- An economic theory of intentional torts / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1981) -- Contingent fees for personal injury litigation / Patricia Munch Danzon (1983).
- ISBN
- 9781845424541
- 1845424549
- LCCN
- ^^2007924565
- OCLC
- 166372693
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library